The two went out to get into the carriage, but saw Zhao Wanwan at the door.
She was dressed in pink gauze, and the wooden hairpin on her head looked familiar, making Li Qinghe take a second look.
Zhao Wanwan stretched out her hand to touch her head, and said with a smile, "Sister, do you still remember this hairpin? You bought it for me at the beginning, and I was very happy at that time. I have been reluctant to wear it over the past few years. I always feel that it is not an ordinary hairpin, but my sister treats me A rare kindness."
Zhou Chengkang had already gotten into the carriage, and stretched out his hand to pull her, "Come on."
Li Qinghe nodded to her, put his hand in his, and with a little effort, he was pulled into the carriage.
Seeing that posture, the carriage was about to leave, Zhao Wanwan was in a hurry, and stepped forward a few steps, "Sister, I want to go back to the village, can you take me for a ride?"
This is possible, but Zhou Chengkang is willing to take any villager along the way.
Zhao Wanwan saw that they didn't refuse aloud, she climbed into the carriage by herself, and as soon as she entered the carriage, the horse began to trot.
Zhao Wanwan, who was not supported, almost bumped into the wall of the carriage. After she steadied her body, she realized that Li Qinghe was still outside. She hurriedly shouted, "Sister, won't you come in?"
"It's stuffy inside, I like outside." Li Qinghe said casually.
Looking at her posture, she knew that it was not as simple as wanting a ride. Li Qinghe was so stupid that he went in to pester her.
The town was not far from the village, Zhao Wanwan tried to ask her to go in several times during the period, but she ignored her.
And Zhao Wanwan couldn't sit outside if she wanted to. It is true that two or three people could sit outside, but if there were three people, it would be crowded, and seeing Lu Fei retreating quickly under her feet, people who were not used to it would not dare.
Soon after arriving at the entrance of the village, Zhao Wanwan didn't find a chance to talk to her except what she said before getting into the carriage.
Many people stood under the big tree at the entrance of the village. When they saw their carriage arriving, they surrounded them. The narrow intersection was surrounded, and the carriage had to stop.
"Qing He, we have something to ask you." A familiar woman stepped forward, "Can we come down and discuss it?"
It was quite strange that so many people were looking for them at the same time, Li Qinghe asked in surprise, "Ma'am, what's the matter with you?"
"As for us, we are all here to borrow money from you." The woman was a little embarrassed, "I only need three dollars, and it's going to be winter, and I have to make new clothes, and the quilt has to be relined. "
Hearing this, Li Qinghe was really surprised. It stands to reason that this kind of thing should be done when the family has more money, right? Borrowing money to make clothes and quilts is something ordinary people can't do.
Surprisingly, many people agreed with this statement, "Yeah, I want to make clothes this year, my dog is eighteen, and I'm going to visit Tangcun next month, so I have to tidy it up." go again..."
"I'm hired there, and I'm going to get married a few years ago. If I'm lucky, I might get pregnant soon."
Listening to the discussions of the people around, Li Qinghe and the two of them understood that these people who came here borrowed money from the Yang family, and the interest was charged there, and Yang's father said that the money was paid to Li Qinghe and the two of them. Yes, implying that they can borrow it back when the two of them go home. It will not delay the matter, but it is equivalent to a waste of money, and he will get 20% more interest.
Zhao Wanwan also poked her head out of the carriage, and whispered in her ear, "Sister, actually, I came to you because I wanted to borrow money from you. The twenty taels of silver that I got from my father's house in secret bets will be paid to you." You, he really knows that he is wrong. Can you lend it to me first, and then I will ask him to find a way to return it to you as soon as possible. My father said that he can give an extra five taels of silver. If you don’t believe him, you can also ask him The village chief came to write an IOU."
Amidst the discussions, Zhou Chengkang said in a calm voice, "I'm sorry everyone, we don't have money."
The dozen or so people immediately became quiet, and after looking at each other, some people immediately didn't believe it, "How could there be no such thing? Didn't your family just receive the forty taels of silver that they paid? The Zhao family's yard was all pawned to get it all together. We've all heard it."
In fact, Zhou Chengkang wanted to buy the land right away, in order not to let people come to borrow it. If people were really in a hurry to use it, such as paying money to hire them, it would be really embarrassing for them to say that the marriage would not happen if they didn't borrow money.
Borrow it, I don't know that it will be repaid in the Year of the Monkey, and I feel uncomfortable. If you don’t borrow it, people will say in the future: Which family did my daughter-in-law belong to? It was because Zhou Laosi refused to borrow money as a dowry. Not to mention that there are people who are sick and need to borrow money to get medicine, and if they don't borrow money, they will die of illness... When encountering such a thing, it is really embarrassing for myself.
"That's right, forty taels. With so many of us, we only need a few taels, or less. Anyway, let us get things done, and I'll return it to you after a year..."
"It's really gone." Li Qinghe said this to everyone, and she also said to Zhao Wanwan who was chattering in her ear, "We bought the land." She pointed to the mountain over there, "That's the top of the mountain. I bought 40 acres, got all the deeds, and the yamen will come to measure it tomorrow."
Everyone was stunned.
I never thought that there would be people who would take money to buy barren hills. What else is there besides weeds and trees of various sizes that can be used as firewood
This is not important, the important thing is that the money is gone, where can they find the money they need urgently
In the silence, Zhou Chengkang asked aloud, "Can you please let me go? It's getting late, and we are in a hurry to go home."
There was no money left, and they couldn't take it out no matter how much they stopped, the people in front of them involuntarily moved out of the way. When the carriage arrived at the spacious place at the entrance of the village, Li Qinghe turned around and asked, "Do you want to get off the carriage?"
Zhao Wanwan was also stunned, and only then did she react when she asked, "No, sister, you bought a barren mountain with forty taels of silver? You can get two or three of the small yards in the town! It's the county town. , I can also buy a small courtyard... "
"Anyway, it's already spent, so I don't want to spend so much." Li Qinghe asked again, "Are you going down? Xiyu's grandmother is at my house now, so it might be... inconvenient for you to go."
In fact, it was not inconvenient, it was just that she didn't want to go home and was entangled with Zhao Wanwan, maybe she would have to invite her to dinner.
Speaking of which, Zhao Wanwan lived in Li's house for several years before getting married, and lived at home with Hu Yanxi for a year after getting married. After eating so many meals from her father, she and her father couldn't even eat a single meal from Zhao Wanwan. Woolen cloth.
Thinking about it this way, I became more determined that I couldn't take her back. It was getting dark now, and I might have to stay overnight if I took her back.
Too much trouble!
Li Qinghe jumped into the carriage, "Come down!"
Her tone could not be refused, and she could still bluff people with a straight face. Zhao Wanwan jumped out of the carriage unknowingly, watched the carriage head towards the west of the village, and remembered that the house belonging to the Zhao family would be secretly charged if they could not borrow any money. The people over there took it away and sold it, and her father would have no place to live at that time.
But here Li Qinghe had already bought the land, and even if there was money in the family, he would never lend her twenty taels. He turned around and hurried to Qian's yard.
When Li Qinghe arrived home, he found that Father Yang was already waiting at the door. He rubbed his hands and said, "Can you lend me some money first? In order to pay back your money, I borrowed from a few people who are eager to spend money. I can't delay other people's business, I am willing to pay more... "
Before he finished speaking, Li Qinghe said, "We have already bought the land, and all the forty taels of silver have been spent."
Father Yang was one more person in a daze.
It was going to be dark when they came back, and at night, most of the people in the whole Wang village knew that the two of them had bought land with the money they paid.
Everyone who secretly wanted to ask them to borrow money gave up the idea.
In the early morning of the next day, Zhou Chengkang went to the town to pick up the yamen, measured it from the back of Yu Yan's house to the mountain, and listened to Yu Yan's words to remove two acres for her, and she bought it for the yamen with money. .
Forty mu of land is very large, even if it is a mountain forest, from the back of Li Qinghe's house to the back of Yang's house, a large area is her land.
Mother Zhou hugged Xi Yu, frowning with seriousness and worry, "What are you buying so much wasteland for? Don't talk about farming, it's hard work for both of you to walk around."
It's really hard work if you don't do anything.
Li Qinghe didn't explain to her, and sent the yamen off, and Yu Yan followed to get the deed.
In the afternoon, the Yang family next door became noisy again, just like the previous two times, everyone went to the Yang family with hoes and knives to ask for an explanation, and asked the Yang family to return the money.
Earlier, the Yang family hadn't paid the wages to everyone, and those who got the news surrounded them again. What if the Yang family paid back the debt and still didn't pay the wages
In fact, Yang's father didn't borrow money from many people, but there were so many people who helped him build the house earlier, all of them went to the yard, and it was almost impossible to squeeze them together.
The crowd huddled together, threatening to live there if they didn't pay back the money. Even if the mayor is invited, it won't work, and he won't leave if he says he won't leave.
After such a calculation, the Yang family still owed the village more than a dozen taels of silver, and the quarrel lasted until midnight, until Father Yang agreed to pay back the silver in the afternoon of the next day, and everyone withdrew.
As for Zhao Tianfu here, the day when the person who had promised to be kidnapped has come to redeem the house, someone in the town is already asking, maybe someone will buy Zhao Tianfu's yard in a few days.
Surprisingly, after being picked up, Zhao Tianfu had nowhere to go, so he went to live in Qian's yard, bringing his wife and children with him.
It's really a feng shui turn, a lifetime never ends, and no one knows what life will be like in the future. When she first married Qian, the Zhao family was considered the wealthiest group in Wang Village. Even if she didn't want Qian, it was because she always secretly Help the Qian family.
Now Zhao Tianfu turned out to be homeless and asked the Qian family to help him.
The Yang family next door still failed to repay the money the next day, so everyone went to make a fuss again and invited the mayor again. Father Yang refused to recognize what he said the night before, and only said that it was based on the IOU. The IOUs he wrote were all to be returned during the autumn harvest next year. As for the suggestion that everyone borrowed money from Li Qinghe and the two of them for turnover, he categorically denied it and insisted that there was no such thing.
Everyone is helpless, according to the IOU, it is really not a contract for them to come to ask for a debt now.
After a few days of quarrel, people like Li Xingwang who thought they could not get their wages went home to work by themselves, and there were not many people left, so the Yang family was even less afraid. Once the debt was not paid with money, the villagers just compromised and gave up.
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